Crime, HIV and Health: Intersections of Criminal Justice and Public Health Concerns

Carefully selected to reflect the latest research at the interface between public health and criminal justice in the US, these contributions each focus on an aspect of the relationship. How, for example, might a person’s criminal activity adversely affect their health or their risk of exposure to HIV infection? The issues addressed in this volume are at the heart of policy in both public health and criminal justice. The authors track a four-fold connection between the two fields, exploring the mental and physical health of incarcerated populations; the health consequences of crime, substance abuse, violence and risky sexual behaviors; the extent to which high crime rates are linked to poor health outcomes in the same neighborhood; and the results of public health interventions among traditional criminal justice populations. As well as exploring these urgent issues, this anthology features a wealth of remarkable interdisciplinary contributions that see public health researchers focusing on crime, while criminologists attend to public health issues. The papers provide empirical data tracking, for example, the repercussions on public health of a fear of crime among residents of high-crime neighborhoods, and the correlations between HIV status and outcomes, and an individual’s history of criminal activity. Providing social scientists and policy makers with vital pointers on how the criminal justice and public health sectors might work together on the problems common to both, this collection breaks new ground by combining the varying perspectives of a number of key disciplines. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvi Crime and Public Health in the United States....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 A Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence, Development, and Persistence of HIV/STI Risk Behaviors in Delinquent Youth: Implications for Health Care in the Community....Pages 19-62 Risky Sexual Behavior and Negative Health Consequences Among Incarcerated Female Adolescents: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice....Pages 63-79 Disparities in Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment Among African Americans: Implications for the Correctional Systems....Pages 81-91 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 Methamphetamine Use, Personality Traits, and High-Risk Behaviors....Pages 95-111 Gang Youth, Risk Behaviors, and Negative Health Outcomes....Pages 113-127 Towards an Explanation of the Recent Increase in Drug-Related Mortality....Pages 129-149 Arrest Histories, Victimization, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Adults in Miami’s Club Scene....Pages 151-164 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 Spatial Models of the Growth and Spread of Methamphetamine Abuse in California....Pages 167-186 Crime Rates, Crime Spikes and Cardiovascular Health in an Urban Population....Pages 187-205 Between Spaces: Understanding Movement to and from Prison as an HIV Risk Factor....Pages 207-221 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Youth Violence Prevention: Public Health Intervention and High Risk Populations....Pages 225-237 Project AIM: Bringing Evidence-Based Programs into Community-Based Services....Pages 239-254 A Continuum of Care Model for HIV in Correctional Settings....Pages 255-274 Back Matter....Pages 275-299